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Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Montana

Dry cleaners in the Missoula, MT metro area

The dry cleaners in the Missoula, MT metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$96M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,750 a household
Spending per listing
$96M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
128,698
+4.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Missoula metro area comes to about $96M a year: $1,750 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $96M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

The Missoula metro area has 1 dry cleaner on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.2 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for dry cleaning and laundry services in the Missoula metro area, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show the Missoula metro area grew 4.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 dry cleaner on map listings, the Missoula metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Missoula metro area compares

The same measures for Montana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the dry cleaners counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Dry cleaners in Missoula, MT metro area compared with Montana and the U.S.
MeasureMissoula metro areaMontanaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.20.41.3
Spending per listing$96M$41.6M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a22,9438,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.8%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.7%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,750$1,721$2,055
Median household income$74,989$72,509$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored74

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Missoula metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in the Missoula metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
128,698+4.7% since 2020
Households
54,829
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,813 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$74,989
Average household income
$102,725
Median home value
$466,400
Jobs located here
67,485
Daytime population
132,972Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the Missoula metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many dry cleaners are in the Missoula, MT metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 dry cleaner in the Missoula metro area. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in the Missoula metro area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Missoula, MT metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $96M a year, or $1,750 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 dry cleaner on map listings, it comes to $96M per shop. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which dry cleaners share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,829 households in the Missoula metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Missoula, MT metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The Missoula metro area has 1 dry cleaner on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Missoula metro area would have about 6, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is the Missoula, MT metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Missoula metro area at 128,698 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,829 households. Median household income in the Missoula metro area is $74,989, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Missoula metro area has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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